Practical jokes carried out on new workers will be categorised as emotional abuse under fresh terms and conditions set out by the employment watchdog WORKFLAKE.

In a comprehensive list of examples, on the spot £60 fines will be enforced if any apprentices are asked to do the following tasks:

• Get a bucket of steam
• Get tartan paint
• Get a skirting board ladder
• Get a long stand or long weight
• Get ice making solutions
• Get a bag of sparks for the welder
• Get 6 ft of fallopian tubing
• Get a glass hammer
• Get a left handed screwdriver
• Get a bubble for a spirit level
• Get a sky hook
• Get bags for a Dyson Hoover
• Get new beeps for the security gates
• Get a short circuit
• Get some earth faults
• Get a cordless extension
• Get some virtual memory
• Get a leg of liver
• Get some elbow grease
• Get some cheap brazen tarts
• Get a saddle for a disc jockey
• Get some legs of salmon
• Get some compressed air
• Buy some IP addresses
• Get a lb of turkey lips
• Get a bucket of daylight

Although the last person to fall for one of these tricks was in 1998, workplaces have been asked to tighten up on such matters.